Overview
- The cabinet authorized resuming land registration for the first time since 1967 and allocated nearly €700,000 to launch work in Area C.
- Area C covers about 60 percent of the West Bank and much of it has never been formally registered, creating a large pool of parcels subject to review.
- Claimants must present title documents, with NGOs warning that missing records could trigger mass expropriation and facilitate settlement expansion.
- The resolution sets a lengthy timetable, estimating at least 18 months per parcel and targeting registration of 15 percent of lands within five years.
- Palestinian leaders condemned the move as a grave breach of international law, Israeli ministers backing it cited legal certainty, and the White House reiterated President Donald Trump’s opposition to annexation.